Hasan Ali Is Pakatan’s Ibrahim Ali

 By MasterwordsmithHasan Ali was relieved from his position as the head of PAS Selangor last June for various reasons. Part of it was his inclination to side with UMNO goons despite his position as…

Time to stop being “dumb and deaf”

 By Lim Kit Siang The time has come for the MCA President Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek and the four MCA Ministers to end being “dumb and deaf” and declare whether they agree with the Bar Council that the…

PAS info chief tells Jais not to smear Islam

 By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — PAS information chief Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has reminded Selangor religious authorities not to create unnecessary controversies that…

DAP raps MCA for carping about church raid

By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider The MCA has no right to denounce the DAP over its purported silence on the state religious Islamic authorities’ raid on a church as the Chinese party has been…

What’s the future for Anwar Ibrahim?

 By Carmen N. Pedrosa, Philstar I have met Anwar Ibrahim several times both in Kuala Lumpur and in Manila. The first meeting was at the UP many years ago after Mahathir Mohamad dropped him as his…

Out of sight, out of mind in Malaysia

 By Paul Maley, The Australian THOSE who insist there is no such thing as a queue of asylum-seekers, waiting patiently overseas while others charge ahead by boat to secure one of Australia's precious…

‘Umno must sack Razaleigh’

By Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, FMTThe most practical thing Umno can do if it thinks Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is plotting some palace coup to overthrow the ‘emperor without clothes’, is to sack him from…

A nation divided, a country devastated

By J. D. LovrenciearTimes have changed and are fast changing even in ultra-traditional societies. The lessons we are drawing from even recent episodes as in the likes of Egypt Springs is most edifying…

Exco terima surat ugutan berisi peluru

(FMT) - KULIM:  Anggota Exco Kedah Lim Soo Nee menerima kejutan hari ini apabila menemui sepucuk surat mengandungi nota ugutan dan sebutir peluru di pejabatnya, di Taman Kemuning di sini.

The Illogicality Of It All

 By Masterwordsmith This would have been a non-issue from the start had mutual respect and tolerance been practised. Despite the delicate situation, a few leaders continued to flex their muscles to…

SUARAM Condemns JAIS Raid

 By Suaram Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) condemns the raid at a church by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) on the 3rd of August 2011. 30 police officers and religious authorities…